Elias Gilbert, composer
Selected Works
2026
Mensuration Canon No. 2
two twelve-tone canons for any four instruments at any tempo
maximally and minimally dissonant canons based on tone rows determined by computer-assisted exhaustive search
2024
Mensuration Canon No. 1 for one player in six voices (4'53")
clarinet solo with computer
in memory of Larry Polansky
recorded December 2024
Music of the Boids
algorithmic audiovisual art
2022
Meditation (9’)
clarinet, violin, and singing bowl
premiered August 2022 at Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music
with Benjamin Goodwin (violin) and Nick Uhlig (bowl)
Da-ba-da-dat (2’)
version for string quartet
Quartet (8’)
version for string quartet of violin quartet (2021)
2021
Violin Quartet (8’)
four violins
premiered August 2021 at Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music
by the Fourtes Quartet
2020
Variations on a Cossack Lullaby (11’)
full orchestra 2.2.2+bcl.2:4.3.3.1:timp.4perc(marimba, chimes, sus cymbal, cymbals, tambourine, temple blocks, sd, whip, hand clap, triangle, gong, bd).pno:strings
scheduled April 2020 premiere by SC Youth Symphony (canceled
due to Covid-19 pandemic)
Da-ba-da-dat (2’)
saxophone quartet
premiered and recorded 2020 by Nuovi Venti Saxophone Quartet
2019
The Red Sequoia March (4’)
wind band
2+picc.1.3+bcl.1.2as.ts.bs:3.3.3.1.1:4perc(glock, cym, sd, bd)
premiered March 2019 by Santa Cruz High School Symphonic Band
2011
Three Rounds by Eli Gilbert (age 9)
co-written with Larry Polansky
published in Polansky's a small book of rounds (2014)
Arrangements and Transcriptions
Critical Editions
Sonata for Clarinet and Piano (1936) by Johanna Magdalena Beyer - 2026
published 2026 by Frog Peak Music
editorial assistance by Amy C. Beal
Orchestra
7 Art Songs and Keyboard Pieces by Ulla Kappel - 2025
recorded November 17, 2025 (details here)
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (Howard Shore) - 2024
with Maggie Schnyer
for Davenport Pops Orchestra
The Yale Princeton Football Game (Charles Ives) - 2024
for Davenport Pops Orchestra
Taylor Swift: The Eras Medley, "Love Story" (Taylor Swift) - 2023
with June Yoo and others
for Davenport Pops Orchestra
Encanto (Lin-Manuel Miranda) - 2022
with June Yoo and Melody Gebremedhin
for Davenport Pops Orchestra
Industry Baby (Lil Nas X) - 2021
for Yale Symphony Orchestra (performed 2021, '22, '24)
also performed by Davenport Pops Orchestra (2022)
Musical Theater
Word Nerd (Charlie Romano & Will Wegner) - 2022
Associate Orchestrator
orchestrations for "Man of my Words", "Just a Game", "Not Just a Game"
Griffin Strout, Orchestrator / Music Director
Pep Band
Truth Hurts (Lizzo) - 2019
for Santa Cruz High School "Cardinal Regiment" Band
Soy Yo (Bomba Estéreo) - 2016
for Santa Cruz High School "Cardinal Regiment" Band